Sunday rugby news amid cruel injury blow for Wales star ahead of South Africa tour and Welsh region set for coaching shake-up

Here are your rugby headlines for Sunday, May 22.

Wales are sweating on the fitness of Scarlets fly-half Rhys Patchell after he limped off against the Stormers with a hamstring injury - just days after earning a much-awaited Test recall.

The 29-year-old looked despondent as he made his way from the pitch shortly after coming on as a second-half replacement in the 26-21 defeat on Saturday night. Wales boss Wayne Pivac will be left sweating on the news about Patchell.

Were the fly-half to miss out on the summer tour for South Africa it would be a cruel blow, having just been called up to a Wales squad for the first time since the autumn of 2020.

Scarlets coach Dwayne Peel said he was unsure about the severity of Patchell's injury at this stage and more will be known in the coming days. Dan Biggar and Gareth Anscombe are the other fly-halves in Pivac's squad to take on the world champions this summer - with Bristol Bears playmaker Callum Sheedy the likely option to replace Patchell if he is ruled out.

Johnny Williams, who was also named in the Wales squad after missing the Six Nations, left the field for a head injury assessment, and also appeared to have a sustained a hand injury prior to that. However, Peel said that the centre was "fine".

Scarlets boss Dwayne Peel said his players gave everything as they fell agonisingly short of securing Champions Cup qualification with a last-gasp 26-21 defeat to the Stormers.

Needing victory to surpass the Ospreys, tries from Johnny Williams and Ryan Conbeer had put them in contention in what was an impressive performance - with the scores all level heading into the final few minutes.

However, Peel's side were denied top tier European rugby for next season as the Stormers scored at