In a stinging criticism of the NSWRL, Penrith supremo Phil Gould said yesterday he would not want any of his Panthers players involved with the Blues until they overhauled their culture as the fallout from the state's latest failed campaign continues.

Speaking on the Six Tackles with Gus segment on wwos.nine.com.au, Gould, NSW's most successful Origin coach, described the leadership of the Blues as a "dog's breakfast".

His rebuke came on the same day as the NSWRL took the unprecedented step of issuing a press release before the completion of its official review to address the repeated criticism that has come its way in the wake of the series loss to Queensland.

In that press release, the Blues specifically denied claims Blake Ferguson and Josh Dugan had been drunk or had acted like "clowns" in the lead-up to the decider.