Butler played
hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the
O'Loughlin Gaels club, while simultaneously lining out as a schoolboy with
CBS Kilkenny. After securing minor and under-21 titles, he eventually progressed on the club's
senior team and lined out in the
2021 Kilkenny SHC final defeat by
Ballyhale Shamrocks. Butler first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the
Kilkenny minor hurling team that won the
Leinster MHC title in 2017, before subsequently winning a
Leinster U20 title in 2019. He made his
Kilkenny senior hurling team debut during the
2022 National Hurling League. ==Career statistics==