Cross-code war erupts after Sydney FC erect $150 Bunnings tarp over Sydney Roosters logo

A cross-code war has erupted after Sydney FC erected a Bunnings tarpaulin over the Sydney Roosters logo at Allianz Stadium on the weekend.

Ahead of Saturday evening’s A-League match against Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC’s first home game at the newly-constructed venue, an illuminated sign outside the $830 million stadium that reads “Home of the Sydney Roosters” was covered by the $150 tarp.

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As revealed by The Daily Telegraph, Roosters chief executive Joe Kelly and Sydney FC boss Adam Santo had a furious phone exchange over the issue on Tuesday

“I told him what he’d done was the equivalent of vandalism,” Kelly told the News Corp publication.

“I also told him we’d be looking at our legal options, then he hung up on me.”

The Roosters contacted…