| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 12 | 9 | - | 3 | 372 | 236 | 136 | - | 1 | 373 | 31.08 |
| 2 |  Bedford Blues | 16 | 7 | - | 9 | 365 | 438 | -73 | - | 4 | 369 | 23.06 |
| 3 |  Rotherham Titans | 14 | 7 | - | 7 | 346 | 336 | 10 | - | 3 | 349 | 24.93 |
| 4 |  Moseley | 13 | 9 | - | 4 | 348 | 209 | 139 | - | 1 | 349 | 26.85 |
| 5 |  Nottingham | 11 | 7 | - | 4 | 324 | 273 | 51 | - | 4 | 328 | 29.82 |
| 6 |  Exeter Chiefs | 12 | 6 | - | 6 | 265 | 270 | -5 | - | 3 | 268 | 22.33 |
| 7 |  Plymouth Albion | 11 | 6 | - | 5 | 265 | 268 | -3 | - | 1 | 266 | 24.18 |
| 8 |  Cornish Pirates | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 259 | 212 | 47 | - | 2 | 261 | 23.73 |
| 9 |  Birmingham Solihull | 10 | 8 | - | 2 | 230 | 178 | 52 | - | 4 | 234 | 23.4 |
| 10 |  Otley | 8 | 6 | - | 2 | 230 | 165 | 65 | - | 1 | 231 | 28.88 |
| 11 |  Doncaster Knights | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 162 | 46 | - | 3 | 211 | 23.44 |
| 12 |  Manchester | 6 | 6 | - | - | 194 | 90 | 104 | - | 4 | 198 | 33 |
| 13 |  Rugby Lions | 4 | 4 | - | - | 185 | 46 | 139 | - | 1 | 186 | 46.5 |
| 14 |  Sedgley Park | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 176 | 92 | 84 | - | 1 | 177 | 35.4 |
| 15 | Leeds Tykes | 9 | 3 | - | 6 | 169 | 246 | -77 | - | 2 | 171 | 19 |
| 16 | Wakefield | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 168 | 98 | 70 | - | - | 168 | 28 |
| 17 |  Waterloo | 4 | 4 | - | - | 155 | 84 | 71 | - | 1 | 156 | 39 |
| 18 |  Orrell | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 141 | 124 | 17 | - | 2 | 143 | 23.83 |
| 19 |  Bristol Bears | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | 141 | 180 | -39 | - | 1 | 142 | 17.75 |
| 20 |  Henley Hawks | 5 | 5 | - | - | 141 | 93 | 48 | - | 1 | 142 | 28.4 |
| 21 |  Newbury | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 103 | 59 | 44 | - | 1 | 104 | 26 |
| 22 |  Esher | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 93 | 59 | 34 | - | 2 | 95 | 23.75 |
| 23 |  Worcester Warriors | 7 | - | - | 7 | 93 | 212 | -119 | - | - | 93 | 13.29 |
| 24 |  Jersey | 3 | 3 | - | - | 79 | 33 | 46 | - | 2 | 81 | 27 |
| 25 |  London Scottish | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 77 | 53 | 24 | - | 1 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 26 |  Blackheath | 1 | 1 | - | - | 71 | 22 | 49 | - | - | 71 | 71 |
| 27 | West Hartlepool | 1 | 1 | - | - | 48 | 3 | 45 | - | - | 48 | 48 |
| 28 |  Bracknell | 1 | 1 | - | - | 44 | 20 | 24 | - | - | 44 | 44 |
| 29 |  Launceston | 1 | 1 | - | - | 38 | - | 38 | - | - | 38 | 38 |
| 30 | Fylde | 1 | 1 | - | - | 36 | 15 | 21 | - | - | 36 | 36 |
| 31 |  Ealing Trailfinders | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 31 | 27 | 4 | - | - | 31 | 15.5 |
| 32 |  Harlequins | 1 | - | - | 1 | 17 | 28 | -11 | - | - | 17 | 17 |
| 33 |  Northampton Saints | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 22 | -12 | - | - | 10 | 10 |
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.