| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Newbury | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 131 | 6 | - | 2 | 139 | 34.75 |
| 2 |  London Welsh | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 134 | 142 | -8 | - | 2 | 136 | 27.2 |
| 3 |  Rotherham Titans | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 93 | 33 | - | 1 | 127 | 25.4 |
| 4 |  Birmingham Solihull | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 100 | 19 | - | 1 | 120 | 30 |
| 5 |  Coventry | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 116 | 146 | -30 | - | 2 | 118 | 23.6 |
| 6 |  Exeter Chiefs | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 105 | 164 | -59 | - | - | 105 | 21 |
| 7 |  Cornish Pirates | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 102 | 158 | -56 | - | 1 | 103 | 20.6 |
| 8 |  Plymouth Albion | 5 | - | - | 5 | 77 | 139 | -62 | - | - | 77 | 15.4 |
| 9 |  Moseley | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 73 | 74 | -1 | - | - | 73 | 24.33 |
| 10 |  Otley | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 71 | 119 | -48 | - | 1 | 72 | 18 |
| 11 |  Nottingham | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 65 | 152 | -87 | - | 1 | 66 | 13.2 |
| 12 |  Bedford Blues | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 58 | 162 | -104 | - | 1 | 59 | 11.8 |
| 13 |  Doncaster Knights | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 57 | 146 | -89 | - | - | 57 | 14.25 |
| 14 |  Esher | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 40 | 41 | -1 | - | 1 | 41 | 20.5 |
| 15 |  Waterloo | 1 | 1 | - | - | 37 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 37 | 37 |
| 16 | Leeds Tykes | 2 | - | - | 2 | 27 | 79 | -52 | - | - | 27 | 13.5 |
| 17 |  Harlequins | 1 | - | - | 1 | 22 | 29 | -7 | - | - | 22 | 22 |
| 18 |  Orrell | 1 | 1 | - | - | 22 | 3 | 19 | - | - | 22 | 22 |
| 19 |  Bristol Bears | 1 | - | - | 1 | 20 | 43 | -23 | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| 20 |  Henley Hawks | 1 | - | - | 1 | 20 | 21 | -1 | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| 21 |  Manchester | 1 | - | - | 1 | 12 | 16 | -4 | - | - | 12 | 12 |
| 22 |  Northampton Saints | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 59 | -51 | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Launceston | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 7 |
P = Matches played,
W = Matches won,
D = Matches drawn,
L = Matches lost,
PF = Points for,
PA = Points against,
PD = Points difference,
L<7 = Losing bonus points collected,
P/M = Points / match.