In my experience, I haven't been able to get a track template to point towards a direct hardware output... if that was saved in the template, it always just points towards the default bus as the output.
Is this other people's experience? Perhaps this has been changed in X3/Platinum... still mostly using X2a here.
I agree with BobF. Being able to select a track template with a bounce wouldn't be a bad idea. Or perhaps, just being able to choose that particular tracks output would also work/suffice.