| Balmain Tigers | 5th | 13 | 11 | 0 | 403 | 387 | Stanton | Pearce, Bridge, Elias | 13 | - | Schofield | 196 | - | Conlon | Leichhardt | 8,147 | Prelim Final |
| Canberra Raiders | 11th | 8 | 15 | 1 | 391 | 413 | Furner, McMahon | Meninga, Lance, O'Sullivan | 12 | - | Fahey | 143 | - | Meninga | Seiffert | 6,851 | |
| Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 3rd | 15 | 8 | 1 | 428 | 264 | Ryan | Mortimer, Tunks, Folkes, Lamb | 12 | - | O'Brien, Lamb | 210 | - | Lamb | Belmore (11), Parramatta (1) | 11,086 | Runners Up |
| Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | 10th | 9 | 14 | 1 | 310 | 464 | Gibson | Hatch, Wakefield, Nixon, Sorensen, Docking, Porter | 9 | - | Ettingshausen | 54 | - | Watson | Ronson | 6,063 | |
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | 9th | 10 | 14 | 0 | 334 | 364 | Beetson | Tobin, Hastings, McGahan | 11 | - | Wurth | 108 | - | Melrose | Sports Ground (5), Parramatta (1), SCG (1) | 6,360 | |
| Illawarra Steelers | 13th | 7 | 17 | 0 | 310 | 372 | Smith | Hetherington, Carberry | 11 | - | McIndoe | 44 | - | McIndoe | Wollongong | 7,535 | Wooden Spoon |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 4th | 14 | 9 | 1 | 476 | 379 | Fulton | Vautin, Cleal, Hasler | 13 | - | Blake | 172 | - | Cochrane | Brookvale | 13,010 | Minor Prelim Semi |
| North Sydney Bears | 5th | 13 | 11 | 0 | 362 | 416 | Norton | Graham, McKinnon, Cannon | 9 | - | Kiss, Cannon | 82 | - | Kiss | North Sydney | 9,111 | |
| Parramatta Eels | 1st | 16 | 7 | 1 | 446 | 280 | Monie | Price, Sterling | 11 | - | Kenny | 52 | - | Atkins | Parramatta | 20,326 | Premiers, National Panasonic Cup |
| Penrith Panthers | 8th | 11 | 12 | 1 | 446 | 394 | Sheens | Simmons, Brohman, Alexander, Goodwin | 11 | - | Alexander | 183 | - | Alexander | Penrith Park | 9,029 | |
| St George Dragons | 7th | 12 | 11 | 1 | 360 | 402 | Masters | Young, Jarvis, Guider | 9 | - | Walford | 128 | - | O'Connor | SCG | 11,278 | |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2nd | 15 | 7 | 2 | 353 | 318 | Piggins | Fenech, Coleman, Gould | 8 | - | Djura | 168 | - | Baker | Redfern | 9,719 | Minor Semi |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | 11th | 8 | 15 | 1 | 372 | 538 | Ghosn | Schubert, Clark, Freeman, Crooks | 12 | - | Pethybridge | 116 | - | Schubert | Lidcombe | 5,775 | |