1996 POINTS TABLE

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	F	A	Points
1	Manly Warringah	22	18	4	-	549	191	36
2	Brisbane	21	17	4	-	607	263	34
3	North Sydney	22	15	5	2	598	325	32
4	Sydney City	22	15	6	1	521	321	31
5	Cronulla Sutherland	21	14	5	2	399	268	30
6	Canberra	21	13	7	1	538	384	27
7	St George	21	12	8	1	443	360	27
8	Western Suburbs	22	12	9	1	394	434	25
9	Newcastle	21	10	10	1	416	388	23
10	Canterbury Bankstown	21	11	10	-	375	378	22
11	Auckland	21	10	11	-	412	427	22
12	Sydney Tigers	22	11	11	-	319	459	22
13	Parramatta	21	9	11	1	404	415	21
14	Illawarra	22	8	14	-	403	444	16
15	Penrith	21	7	13	1	363	464	15
16	Western Reds	21	6	14	1	313	420	13
17	North Queensland	21	6	15	-	288	643	12
18	Gold Coast	22	5	16	1	359	521	11
19	South Sydney	22	5	16	1	314	634	11
20	South Queensland	21	3	18	-	220	496	8