The incident itself is pretty minor, however it is when it happened and the importance of the game that they were up the coast for that is the issue.
Surely people can see that Dugan is a ridiculously poor influence on Ferguson. Time and time again Ferguson gets himself into trouble, and his dickhead mate Dugan is right there dragging him into it.
The worst bit is that they got a lift down the coast with a photographer to catch up with Dugan's mates. How did they think they could sink piss for 8 hours a few days before Origin and it not get into the media?
This is the very essence of the difference between NSW and QLD. It just means more for the Queenslanders - in every step they do what they have to do to win. What do we (NSW) do? Prep like it's a holiday, not put in on the field.
These guys just shouldn't be selected again. Their attitude is not what we need to win.