| 05-Jul-1996,Mt_Smart | |||||||
| Auckland 24 | Souths 10 | ||||||
| Syd Eru | 2 | Paul Mellor | 1 | ||||
| Stacey Jones | 1 | Craig Field | 1 | 1/3 | |||
| John Kirwan | 1 | ||||||
| Gene Ngamu | 4/5 | ||||||
| 05-Jul-1996,W.A.C.A. | |||||||
| Western Reds 14 | Gold Coast 14 | ||||||
| Greg Fleming | 2 | Jeremy Schloss | 1 | ||||
| Chris Ryan | 1 | Shane Kenward | 1 | ||||
| Julian O'Neill | 1/3 | Jamie Goddard | 1 | Brendan Hurst | 1/3 | Lee Oudenryn | 0/1 |
| 05-Jul-1996,Newcastle_ISC | |||||||
| Newcastle 14 | Canberra 16 | ||||||
| Keith Beauchamp | 1 | Noa Nadruku | 2 | ||||
| Brett Grogan | 1 | Ben Kennedy | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Johns | 3/4 | David Furner | 2/3 | ||||
| 06-Jul-1996,Willows | |||||||
| North Queensland 0 | Penrith 21 | Phil Adamson | 1 | Robbie Beckett | 1 | Bobby Thompson | 1 | Ryan Girdler | 4/4 | Steve Carter | 1 |
| 06-Jul-1996,Parramatta | |||||||
| Parramatta 18 | Norths 20 | ||||||
| Jarrod McCracken | 2 | David Hall | 1 | ||||
| Jim Dymock | 1 | Gary Larson | 1 | ||||
| Chris Lawler | 3/5 | Brett Dallas | 1 | Jason Taylor | 4/5 | ||
| 06-Jul-1996,Endeavour | |||||||
| Cronulla 16 | Canterbury 6 | ||||||
| Adam Dykes | 1 | Darryl Halligan | 1 | 1/2 | |||
| Andrew Pierce | 1 | ||||||
| Mat Rogers | 3/3 | ||||||
| Mitch Healey | 1/1 | ||||||
| 07-Jul-1996,Wollongong | |||||||
| Illawarra 8 | Manly 16 | ||||||
| Brett Rodwell | 1 | Geoff Toovey | 1 | ||||
| Rod Wishart | 1 | 0/2 | Owen Cunningham | 1 | Jack Elsegood | 1 | Matthew Ridge | 2/3 |
| 07-Jul-1996,Lang | |||||||
| South Queensland 24 | Wests 22 | ||||||
| Jason Wendt | 1 | Damian Kennedy | 2 | ||||
| Kerry Carmichael | 1 | Ken McGuinness | 1 | ||||
| Craig Weston | 1 | Darren Willis | 1 | ||||
| Clinton O'Brien | 1 | Andrew Leeds | 3/4 | ||||
| Garry Jarrett | 1 | 1/3 | |||||
| Travis Norton | 1/3 | ||||||
| 07-Jul-1996,Parramatta | |||||||
| Sydney Tigers 19 | St George 30 | ||||||
| Glenn Morrison | 1 | Mark Bell | 3 | ||||
| Darren Senter | 1 | Ricky Walford | 2 | ||||
| Ian Herron | 5/5 | Wayne Bartrim | 5/6 | ||||
| Ellery Hanley | 1 | ||||||
| 08-Jul-1996,S.F.S. | |||||||
| Sydney City 12 | Brisbane 10 | ||||||
| Peter Jorgensen | 1 | Robbie Ross | 1 | ||||
| Darren Junee | 1 | Darren Lockyer | 1 | ||||
| Ivan Cleary | 2/4 | Willie Carne | 1/2 | ||||