Kyle Laybutt (born 26 September 1995) is a retired Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played as a lock, centre, five-eighth, halfback and hooker for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup.

[2] He played junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Panthers and attended Bundaberg State High School.

[6] In 2015, Laybutt joined the North Queensland Cowboys Holden Cup (Under-20s) team mid-season, playing 16 games and scoring 10 tries.

On 11 February, Laybutt kicked the game-winning field goal in an 11-10 pre-season trial win over the Sydney Roosters.

He later re-joined North Queensland's squad on a training contract until the end of the season and was named as a reserve in their Round 14 game against Manly.