| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Auckland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 195:129 | 21 | |
| 2. | Hawke's Bay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 157:107 | 20 | |
| 3. | Canterbury | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 127:90 | 19 | |
| 4. | Tasman | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 158:123 | 15 | |
| 5. | Taranaki | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116:98 | 12 | |
| 6. | Counties Manukau | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 131:171 | 11 | |
| 7. | Waikato | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 101:161 | 6 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | North Harbour | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 106:131 | 12 | |
| 2. | Wellington | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 137:134 | 11 | |
| 3. | Manawatu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 111:163 | 11 | |
| 4. | Otago | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 167:148 | 10 | |
| 5. | Southland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 128:151 | 9 | |
| 6. | Bay of Plenty | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 78:127 | 8 | |
| 7. | Northland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83:210 | 1 | |