Hottie Louw

Francois Hermanus "Hottie" Louw (born 2 March 1976) is a South African former rugby union player.

Playing career Louw matriculated at Boland Agricultural High School and represented at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1994 and was selected for the 1994 South African Schools team. He made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1996.

Louw toured with the Springboks in 2000 to Argentina, Britain and Ireland and played in four tour matches. In 2002 he made his test match debut for the Springboks against at Newlands, as a replacement. He also played in test matches against and .

Test history No. Opponents Results(SA 1st) Position Points Dates Venue 1. 19–8 Replacement 15 Jun 2002 Newlands, Cape Town 2. 49–29 Lock 29 Jun 2002 PAM Brink Stadium, Springs 3. 60–18 Lock 6 Jul 2002 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria