| # | Team | Pl | HW | HD | HL | AW | AD | AL | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Try Bonus | Loss Bonus | Pts | Adj |
| 1. | Consett | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 858 | 274 | 584 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 2 |
| 2. | Northern | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 849 | 469 | 380 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| 3. | Middlesbrough | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 805 | 329 | 476 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
| 4. | South Shields Westoe | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 784 | 342 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 5. | Stockton | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 740 | 402 | 338 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 2 |
| 6. | Medicals | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 572 | 561 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 3 |
| 7. | Novocastrians | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 551 | 605 | -54 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| 8. | Whitley Bay Rockcliff | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 736 | 633 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 9. | Acklam | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 610 | 566 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| 10. | Hartlepool Rovers | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 469 | 635 | -166 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 11. | Horden and Peterlee | 21 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 485 | 679 | -194 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 12. | North Shields | 21 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 252 | 908 | -656 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 13. | Gateshead | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 326 | 840 | -514 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14. | Barnard Castle | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 151 | 945 | -794 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |