| 04-May-1996,S.F.S. | |||||||
| Souths 14 | Newcastle 20 | ||||||
| Darrell Trindall | 2 | Robbie O'Davis | 2 | ||||
| Craig Salvatori | 1 | Darren Treacy | 2 | ||||
| Craig Field | 1/3 | Andrew Johns | 2/4 | ||||
| 04-May-1996,Penrith | |||||||
| Penrith 16 | Sydney Tigers 18 | ||||||
| Darren Brown | 1 | Craig Patch | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Girdler | 1 | 4/4 | William Kennedy | 1 | Gary Edwards | 1 | Greg Bourke | 3/5 |
| 04-May-1996,Belmore | |||||||
| Canterbury 8 | Brisbane 30 | ||||||
| Darren Britt | 1 | Darren Lockyer | 1 | ||||
| Darryl Halligan | 2/2 | Wendell Sailor | 1 | Kevin Walters | 1 | Steve Renouf | 1 | Allan Langer | 1 | Willie Carne | 1 | 3/6 |
| 04-May-1996,Carrara | |||||||
| Gold Coast 10 | Sydney City 13 | ||||||
| Henry Suluvale | 1 | Peter Clarke | 1 | ||||
| Gavin Whittaker | 1 | Ivan Cleary | 1 | 2/2 | |||
| Brendan Hurst | 1/2 | Adrian Lam | 1 | ||||
| Tim Fuller | 0/1 | ||||||
| 05-May-1996,Wollongong | |||||||
| Illawarra 18 | South Queensland 14 | ||||||
| Craig Simon | 1 | Jason Hudson | 1 | ||||
| Shaun Timmins | 2 | 3/4 | Graham Mackay | 1 | 2/2 | Craig Weston | 1/1 |
| 05-May-1996,Brookvale | |||||||
| Manly 46 | North Queensland 4 | ||||||
| Danny Moore | 3 | Steve Edmed | 1 | ||||
| John Hopoate | 2 | Reggie Cressbrook | 0/1 | ||||
| Mark Carroll | 1 | ||||||
| Nik Kosef | 1 | ||||||
| Jack Elsegood | 1 | ||||||
| Shannon Nevin | 1 | 5/9 | |||||
| 05-May-1996,North_Sydney | |||||||
| Norths 42 | St George 0 | ||||||
| Michael Buettner | 3 | ||||||
| Matt Seers | 1 | ||||||
| Mark Soden | 1 | ||||||
| Ben Ikin | 1 | ||||||
| Jason Taylor | 9/9 | ||||||
| 05-May-1996,Mt_Smart | |||||||
| Auckland 28 | Parramatta 4 | ||||||
| John Kirwan | 2 | Chris Lawler | 1 | 0/1 | |||
| Mark Horo | 1 | ||||||
| Greg Alexander | 1 | ||||||
| Sean Hoppe | 1 | ||||||
| Gene Ngamu | 3/3 | ||||||
| Gavin Hill | 1/1 | ||||||
| Stacey Jones | 0/1 | ||||||
| 05-May-1996,W.A.C.A. | |||||||
| Western Reds 12 | Canberra 32 | ||||||
| Matthew Rodwell | 1 | Jason Croker | 2 | ||||
| Robbie Kearns | 1 | Ben Kennedy | 1 | ||||
| Julian O'Neill | 2/2 | Ruben Wiki | 1 | Noa Nadruku | 1 | Matthew Wood | 1 | Jason Ferris | 2/3 | Luke Phillips | 2/2 | Laurie Daley | 0/3 |
| 05-May-1996,Campbelltown | |||||||
| Wests 18 | Cronulla 10 | ||||||
| Aseri Laing | 2 | Allan Bateman | 1 | ||||
| Ken McGuinness | 1 | Nathan Long | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Willis | 3/4 | Mitch Healey | 1/2 | ||||