| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leeds Tykes | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 498 | 269 | 229 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 3.93 |
| 2 |  Rotherham Titans | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 435 | 268 | 167 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 3.87 |
| 3 |  Doncaster Knights | 15 | 10 | - | 5 | 390 | 206 | 184 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 3.4 |
| 4 |  Exeter Chiefs | 15 | 9 | - | 6 | 372 | 269 | 103 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 2.87 |
| 5 |  Cornish Pirates | 15 | 8 | - | 7 | 333 | 270 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 2.67 |
| 6 |  Plymouth Albion | 15 | 7 | - | 8 | 389 | 250 | 139 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 2.53 |
| 7 |  Birmingham Solihull | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 333 | 522 | -189 | 8 | - | 32 | 2.13 |
| 8 | Bedford Blues | 15 | 5 | - | 10 | 333 | 367 | -34 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 2 |
| 9 |  London Welsh | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 273 | 375 | -102 | - | 3 | 29 | 1.93 |
| 10 |  Newbury | 15 | 5 | - | 10 | 338 | 418 | -80 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 1.8 |
| 11 |  Nottingham | 15 | 4 | - | 11 | 321 | 417 | -96 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 1.67 |
| 12 |  Coventry | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 226 | 406 | -180 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1.6 |
| 13 |  Sedgley Park | 15 | 4 | - | 11 | 281 | 481 | -200 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1.33 |
| 14 |  Moseley | 15 | 2 | - | 13 | 242 | 494 | -252 | - | 3 | 11 | 0.73 |
| 15 |  Otley | 15 | 2 | - | 13 | 236 | 517 | -281 | 3 | - | 11 | 0.73 |
| 16 |  Waterloo | 15 | 2 | - | 13 | 223 | 611 | -388 | - | 2 | 10 | 0.67 |
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.