Dragons coach Paul McGregor’s alleged failure of a breath test is yet another poor reflection on an alcohol-plagued sport.

He returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.063 last Sunday morning while driving to training, it was reported on Thursday.

The news should be shocking, but isn’t — likely a result of Rugby league’s many disgraces.

• Paul McGregor heavily fined by Dragons
• This NRL rule is ruining the game and must go
• The simply horrific abuse suffered by female sports reporters
• Rafael Nadal’s suggestion that could change sport

McGregor failed to set a good example for the group of young, impressionable men he leads — as he himself admitted.

“I am extremely disappointed with myself and totally understand the problems that can and could have arisen from my poor decision,” he said on Thursday.

“It was a mistake, a gross error of judgement and one that I deeply regret.”

St George said they had ‘heavily fined’ McGregor, with Fox Sports reporting it was a ‘tick’ over $10,000.

Rugby League’s Hall of Shame

John Hopoate is now infamously remembered. Photo: Getty

1999

South Sydney’s Julian O’Neill fined $10,000 after defecating in the shoe of a team-mate on a pre-season trip. The faeces was allegedly thrown onto the roof of a motel.

2001

Manly’s John Hopoate cops 12-week suspension for inserting his finger into the anuses of three North Queensland Cowboys players.

2002

Cronulla captain Matthew Johns and several other players had consensual sex with a woman as Sharks team-mates watched on. The woman later complained to police but no charges were laid.

2004

Half a dozen unnamed Canterbury Bulldogs players accused of gang-raping a woman in Coffs Harbour. Insufficient evidence saw the charges dropped.

2005

Newcastle Knights fined $100,000 and its players fined $50,000, while a rookie was sacked, after 12 players embarked on a drunken rampage through a dorm at a Bathurst university.

2008

Todd Carney alleged to have urinated on a man at a nightclub in Canberra. He was suspended but the complaint was eventually withdrawn. He was fined and sacked by Canberra Raiders later that year.

2009

Greg Bird was sacked by Cronulla. Photo: Getty

Manly full-back Brett Stewart charged with sexual assault following the club’s season launch. Stewart was later acquitted of the charges.

2009

Nate Myles defecates in the hallway of a hotel after trying to enter the room of a family disoriented and naked at 8am on a Sunday. He was fined $50,000 and banned for six matches.

2009

Greg Bird was convicted of recklessly wounding his girlfriend and sacked by the Cronulla Sharks. She was glassed in the face. His conviction was later overturned and he returned to the NRL.

2010

A photo emerges of Joel Monaghan simulating a sex act with a dog during ‘Mad Monday’ celebrations. He quits the Canberra Raiders in disgrace.

2012

Robert Lui pleads guilty to occasioning actual bodily harm. He was accused of kicking and head-butting his girlfriend. He was given a two-year good behaviour bond and banned by the NRL for one year.

2013

Blake Ferguson is convicted of indecent assault for groping a woman at a nightclub. He gets a two-year good behaviour bond, later reduced to one, and was sacked by Canberra later that year.

2014

New Zealand Warriors’ Russell Packer sentenced to two years in prison for charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was accused of repeatedly punching a man and stomping on his head. His non-parole period was later reduced from two years to one. He now plays for St George Illawarra.

Todd Carney is a serial offender. Photo: Getty

2014

Cronulla sack Todd Carney after he is pictured urinating in his own mouth at a bar. He is in the process of suing the Sharks for wrongful termination.

2014

Mitchell Pearce allegedly gropes a woman as she walked past his table at a nightclub. He is suspended for one game and fined $20,000.

2014

Greg Bird allegedly urinates on a police car as part of his post-wedding celebrations. He is stripped of the captaincy at the Gold Coast Titans.

2015

South Sydney fined $20,000 for not coming clean on John Sutton and Luke Burgess’ arrests during a team camp in Arizona in November 2014. The pair had a disagreement with a bouncer.

2015

Wests Tigers forward Matthew Lodge arrested in New York for assault and stalking two women. He is accused of telling the two women: ‘This is the night that you die’ after allegedly following them to their unit. He was later sacked by the club.

2016

Mitchell Pearce simulates a sex act with a dog at an Australia Day party. The Roosters co-captain is fined $125,000 – of which $50,000 is suspended – and is banned for eight matches.

2016

St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor is charged for drink-driving after failing a roadside breath test in Wollongong.