Hamstrung former Wallabies star Jordan Petaia's NFL dream has hit a wall less than a fortnight into the preseason after he was waived by the Los Angeles Chargers.
Petaia signed a three-year deal with the Bolts in April after impressing as part of the league's International Player Pathway (IPP) in a 10-week Florida crash course earlier this year.
But a hamstring injury forced him out of training this week and on Friday morning (AEST) the Chargers announced Petaia had been waived and replaced by fellow Australian IPP graduate, tight end and former rugby teammate Thomas Yassmin.
