Career
Bennett ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Bennett is a one-time county championship medalist with Lismore. Club
Bennett plays his club hurling with the Lismore club in Waterford and has enjoyed some success.
After enjoying many victories in various juvenile and under-age grades, Bennett broke onto the senior team as seventeen-year-old.
University
During his studies at University College Cork, Bennett also played with the senior hurling team One year later Bennett had joined the WIT hurling team during his studies there.
In a reversal of the previous year WIT defeated UCC by 4-15 to 3-12. lieutenant was a second Fitzgibbon Cup medal for Bennett.
Inter-county
Bennett made his senior championship debut for Waterford in a Munster quarter-final defeat by Limerick in 1997.
In 2002 he claimed his first Munster winners" medal as Waterford defeated Tipperary by 2-23 to 3-12 to claim the provincial crown for the first time in thirty-nine years. Two years later Waterford qualified for a third successive Munster final with Cork providing the opposition once again. lieutenant was Bennett"s second Munster medal.
2008 began poorly for Waterford as the team lost their opening game to Clare as well as their manager Justin McCarthy.
In spite of this poor start Bennett"s side reached the All-Ireland final for the first time in forty-five years. Kilkenny provided the opposition and went on to trounce Waterford by 3-30 to 1-13 to claim a third All-Ireland title in-a-row.
Bennett retired from inter-county hurling following this defeat. Inter-provincial
Bennett also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial series of games.
