Jo Butland Medalist
Jo Butland Medal
Jo Butland Medal
The Jo Butland Medal was named after 200 game player Joanne Butland from North Cairns Tigers. Jo has a long history of achievement in AFL, winning 10 Premierships – played in 12, three best on ground performances in a grand final, league best and fairest four times, Queensland player & Captain, All Australian player 2005, 2006, 2007(Captain) & 2011, Coached at a local level, representative level for Queensland, PNG and Gold Coast Suns AFLW and was awarded AFL Cairns Coach of the Year 2011 to 2014.
The winner is selected by voting for the Jo Butland Medal which is conducted by field umpires, immediately after each home-and-away match, with three votes awarded for the player they believed to have been the best on the ground, two votes for the second best player and one vote for the third best player on the day, in their opinion.
Past Winners:
| 2023 | Jennifer Wren (Manunda Hawks) |
| 2022 | Tiarna Ahwang (Cairns Saints) |
| 2021 | Poppy Boltz (Cairns Saints) |
| 2020 | Kareena White (Manunda Hawks), Jennifer Robinson (Manunda Hawks) & Laquioya Cockatoo-Motlap (Cairns City Lions) |
| 2019 | Tahlia Smith (Cairns Saints) |
| 2018 | Kitara Whap-Farrar (South Cairns) |
| 2017 | Kitara Whap-Farrar (South Cairns) |
| 2016 | Luana Healey (North Cairns) |
| 2015 | Selena Goodman (North Cairns) |
| 2014 | Selena Goodman (North Cairns) |
| 2013 | Selena Goodman (North Cairns) |
| 2006/2007 | Jo Butland (North Cairns) |
| 2005/2006 | Jo Butland (North Cairns) |
| 2004/2005 | Jo Butland (North Cairns) |
| 2003/2004 | Jo Butland (North Cairns) |
