Round 3 - 1997
| 14-Mar-1997,Adelaide | |||||||
| Adelaide 10 | Hunter 8 | ||||||
| Cameron Blair | 1 | Gavin Thompson | 1 | ||||
| Kurt Wrigley | 3/4 | Nick Zisti | 2/2 | ||||
| 15-Mar-1997,Willows | |||||||
| North Queensland 12 | Penrith 19 | ||||||
| Kyle Warren | 1 | Andrew Hinson | 2 | ||||
| Luke Phillips | 1 | 2/3 | Sid Domic | 1 | Ryan Girdler | 3/4 | Greg Alexander | 1 |
| 16-Mar-1997,W.A.C.A. | |||||||
| Perth Reds 16 | Brisbane 26 | ||||||
| Chris Ryan | 1 | Darren Smith | 1 | ||||
| Paul Bell | 1 | Wendell Sailor | 1 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 1 | Allan Langer | 1 | ||||
| Julian O'Neill | 2/3 | Darren Lockyer | 1 | 5/6 | |||
| 16-Mar-1997,Belmore | |||||||
| Canterbury 38 | Canberra 26 | ||||||
| Matthew Ryan | 2 | Noa Nadruku | 2 | ||||
| Simon Gillies | 1 | Bradley Clyde | 1 | ||||
| Jason Hetherington | 1 | Brett Hetherington | 1 | ||||
| Shane Marteene | 1 | Todd Payten | 1 | ||||
| Travis Norton | 1 | Craig O'Neal | 2/3 | ||||
| Darryl Halligan | 7/8 | David Furner | 1/2 | ||||
| 17-Mar-1997,Endeavour | |||||||
| Cronulla 34 | Auckland 8 | ||||||
| Geoff Bell | 2 | Denis Betts | 1 | ||||
| Danny Lee | 1 | Matthew Ridge | 2/2 | ||||
| David Peachey | 1 | ||||||
| Dean Treister | 1 | ||||||
| Mat Rogers | 7/7 | ||||||