Louw seem sunlikely to return to Stradey Park
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Llanelli Scarlets have omitted lock Hottie Louw and fly-half Gareth Bowen from their 38-man Heineken Cup squad.
Springbok international Louw is on loan at Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and seems unlikely to return to Wales.
Bowen was the Scarlets' first-choice number 10 for much of last season, but he has been frozen out by the return of Stephen Jones from Clermont-Auvergne.
Youngsters Ceiron Thomas and Wales Under-19 star Rhys Priestland are the back-up fly-halves for the Scarlets.
Cardiff University student Priestland, 19, was a member of Wales's Grand Slam-winning Under-19 side last season.
Props Ian Jones and Hugh Gustafson are amongst the development players in the squad.
The Scarlets open their European campaign at London Irish on 20 October.