| # | Team | Pl | HW | HD | HL | AD | AW | AL | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Losing Bonus | Try Bonus | Pts | Adj |
| 1. | Durham City | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1138 | 278 | 860 | 1 | 22 | 123 | 23 |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 827 | 340 | 487 | 2 | 19 | 109 | 21 |
| 3. | Consett | 26 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 778 | 422 | 356 | 4 | 12 | 92 | 16 |
| 4. | Novocastrians | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 847 | 566 | 281 | 1 | 14 | 85 | 15 |
| 5. | Horden | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 696 | 597 | 99 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 14 |
| 6. | Stockton | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 577 | 601 | -24 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 9 |
| 7. | Hartlepool Rovers | 26 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 538 | 576 | -38 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 13 |
| 8. | Ryton | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 536 | 559 | -23 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 10 |
| 9. | Acklam | 26 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 683 | 725 | -42 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 17 |
| 10. | Gateshead | 26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 560 | 633 | -73 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 15 |
| 11. | Gosforth | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 469 | 631 | -162 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 8 |
| 12. | Medicals | 26 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 581 | 704 | -123 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 12 |
| 13. | Ponteland | 26 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 426 | 896 | -470 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 10 |
| 14. | Darlington | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 298 | 1426 | -1128 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |