| 12-Apr-1997,W.A.C.A. | |||||||
| Perth Reds 6 | North Queensland 4 | ||||||
| Paul Bell | 1 | John Doyle | 2/4 | ||||
| Julian O'Neill | 1/1 | ||||||
| 12-Apr-1997,Topper | |||||||
| Hunter 18 | Auckland 10 | ||||||
| Neil Piccinelli | 2 | Iva Ropati | 1 | ||||
| John Carlaw | 2 | Sean Hoppe | 1 | ||||
| Nick Zisti | 1/3 | Marc Ellis | 1/1 | ||||
| Noel Goldthorpe | 0/1 | Matthew Ridge | 0/1 | ||||
| 13-Apr-1997,Adelaide | |||||||
| Adelaide 10 | Brisbane 20 | ||||||
| Wayne Simonds | 1 | Phillip Lee | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Pierce | 1 | Michael De Vere | 1 | ||||
| Kurt Wrigley | 1/4 | Darren Smith | 1 | Allan Langer | 1 | Darren Lockyer | 2/4 |
| 13-Apr-1997,Penrith | |||||||
| Penrith 20 | Canberra 30 | ||||||
| Craig Gower | 2 | Ben Kennedy | 3 | ||||
| Jason Williams | 1 | Luke Priddis | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Girdler | 4/4 | Royston Lightning | 1 | 1/1 | David Furner | 3/4 | Craig O'Neal | 1/1 |
| 14-Apr-1997,Endeavour | |||||||
| Cronulla 6 | Canterbury 16 | ||||||
| Mat Rogers | 3/4 | Hazem El Masri | 2 | Matthew Ryan | 1 | Darryl Halligan | 2/3 |