Round 1 - 1997
| 01-Mar-1997,Willows | |||||||
| North Queensland 24 | Adelaide 16 | ||||||
| Steve Walters | 2 | Brett Galea | 1 | ||||
| Tyran Smith | 1 | Kerrod Walters | 1 | ||||
| Luke Phillips | 1 | 4/5 | Kurt Wrigley | 4/4 | |||
| 01-Mar-1997,QE_II | |||||||
| Brisbane 14 | Auckland 2 | ||||||
| Brad Thorn | 1 | Matthew Ridge | 1/1 | ||||
| Steve Renouf | 1 | ||||||
| Michael Hancock | 1 | ||||||
| Darren Lockyer | 1/3 | ||||||
| 02-Mar-1997,Penrith | |||||||
| Penrith 30 | Perth Reds 20 | ||||||
| Steve Carter | 1 | Greg Fleming | 2 | ||||
| Peter Jorgensen | 1 | Jon Grieve | 1 | ||||
| Sid Domic | 1 | Robbie Kearns | 1 | ||||
| Greg Alexander | 1 | Damien Chapman | 2/2 | ||||
| Ryan Girdler | 1 | 5/6 | Chris Ryan | 0/2 | |||
| 02-Mar-1997,Topper | |||||||
| Hunter 16 | Canterbury 20 | ||||||
| Noel Goldthorpe | 1 | Matthew Ryan | 2 | ||||
| Paul Marquet | 1 | Rod Silva | 1 | ||||
| Nick Zisti | 4/4 | Darryl Halligan | 1 | 2/4 | |||
| 03-Mar-1997,S.F.S. | |||||||
| Cronulla 26 | Canberra 4 | ||||||
| Andrew Ettingshausen | 1 | Damon Booby | 1 | ||||
| Richard Barnett | 1 | David Furner | 0/1 | ||||
| Geoff Bell | 1 | ||||||
| Mat Rogers | 2 | 3/6 | |||||