TROUBLE was brewing at North Sydney Oval last weekend when beer cans branded with the wrong logo were sold at North Sydney Bears’ final rugby league home game.

In an act that Neutral Bay resident Justin Owen described as rubbing salt (or beer) into old wounds, the beer cans on sale at the Norths game carried the logo of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

media_camera North Sydney Bears playing against the Warriors earlier this year.

“There were the North Sydney Bears playing their final home game for the year and thirsty fans were shamelessly offered maroon and white cans adorned with the logo of the deplorable Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,” said Owen.

North Sydney Council has now lodged an official complaint with the supplier for delivering the traitorous brew.

Owen said he blamed the council for allowing the offending beer to be served at the council-run oval.

“This is breaking new ground for general municipal idiocy,’’ he said.

media_camera Daly Cherry-Evans of the Sea Eagles grimaces after being tackled during the round 24 NRL match between the Parramatta Eels and the Manly Sea Eagles earlier this month.

He said someone needs to shout the council a beer and give them a lesson in the teams’ history. “A relationship that disgracefully ended with the Bears being booted out to the National Rugby League and a brazen Manly grabbing a position in its own right,’’ said Owen .

A North Sydney Council spokeswoman said the packaging on the side of the beer carton had given no indication of the branding.

``As soon as we opened the boxes and realised the logo on the beer, we lodged a complaint with the supplier,’’ said the spokeswoman.