National League
POINTS TABLE-South Conf–After 21 March POINTS TABLE–North Conf-After 21March
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| SA | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 19 | QLD | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 14 |
| ACT | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 11 | NSW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 14 |
| VIC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 5 | NNSW | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 13 |
PLAYOFFS/FINAL
CANBERRA, 23 MAR’97
5th Place Playoff NNSW 1 defeated VIC 0
3rd Place Playoff NSW 2 defeated ACT 1
Final QLD 2 (Lisa Dunne 23, 82) defeated SA 1 (Kristy Moore 14)
FINAL PLACINGS :
Champions QLD ACADEMY OF SPORT Runners-Up SA SPORTS INSTITUTE 3RD NSW INSTITUTE OF SPORT 4TH ACT ACADEMY OF SPORT 5TH NORTHERN NSW ITC 6TH VICTORIAN ITC TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORERS 96/97
9 Kristy MOORE SA 8 Sharon BLACK SA 7 Lisa DUNNE QLD 6 Kim REVELL QLD 5 Julie MURRAY NSW 5 Traci BARTLETT ACT