From Carcassonne, Banquet was an under-21 international for France when he joined Featherstone Rovers during the 1994–95 Rugby Football League season.
[3] Banquet then spent a season with the Sheffield Eagles in 1996 before returning home to join new franchise, Paris Saint-Germain for 1996's Super League I.
However, Banquet only spent one season with Paris Saint-Germain, joining Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No.
[5] Villeneuve released Banquet to play for rugby union club Castres Olympique in the 2001–02 season before he returned to the Leopards.
In 1998 he was part of the first ever full international played in Ireland and scored, and converted, an injury-time try to give France a 24–22 victory.