Former Blues and Raiders coach Ricky Stuart reckons Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson should’ve been banned from playing Origin years ago since turning up to the first camp in 2013 ‘under the weather’.

"It's very sad. I'm very embarrassed by it," Stuart told Fox Sports' On The Couch With Sterlo.

"I feel very sorry for (coach) Laurie (Daley) and I feel very sorry for the players that have actually busted themselves over the course of the last series to try and do the right things to try and create a culture.

"Yet again, to be let down by two people who continually let down individuals around them and their teammates."

Blake Ferguson and Josh Dugan broke from NSW camp to go out drinking on the Friday before Game 3, when the team had a day off.

Locals reported spotting the pair drinking at Lennox Point Hotel for several hours, while their teammates were in camp at Kingscliff.