| # | Team | Pl | HW | HD | HL | AW | AD | AL | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Try Bonus | Loss Bonus | Pts | Adj |
| 1. | Ponteland | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 937 | 334 | 603 | 19 | 2 | 101 | 21 |
| 2. | Guisborough | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1250 | 226 | 1024 | 16 | 1 | 96 | 17 |
| 3. | Sunderland | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 947 | 333 | 614 | 19 | 0 | 96 | 19 |
| 4. | Hartlepool | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 771 | 313 | 458 | 17 | 1 | 80 | 18 |
| 5. | Ryton | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 708 | 406 | 302 | 12 | 5 | 65 | 17 |
| 6. | Winlaton Vulcans | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 611 | 442 | 169 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 12 |
| 7. | Ashington | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 731 | 585 | 146 | 12 | 3 | 59 | 15 |
| 8. | Whitby | 22 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 482 | 701 | -219 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 8 |
| 9. | Darlington | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 423 | 751 | -328 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 10 |
| 10. | Bishop Auckland | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 490 | 588 | -98 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 15 |
| 11. | Sedgefield | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 347 | 751 | -404 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 7 |
| 12. | Gosforth | 21 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 320 | 842 | -522 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 7 |
| 13. | Seaton Carew | 22 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 316 | 1173 | -857 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| 14. | Blyth | 22 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 207 | 1095 | -888 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |