As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Bennett won one Railway Cup medal.
A double scores 4–8 to 2–4 victory avenged the previous year's defeat and gave Bennett a first championship medal.
After surrendering their provincial crown in 1965, Kilkenny bounced back the following year by reaching the final of the National Hurling League.
He was later confined to the substitutes' bench as Kilkenny went on to claim the Leinster title before losing the All-Ireland final to Cork.
Bennett was added to the starting fifteen in 1967 and collected a Leinster medal on the field of play as Kilkenny retained their provincial crown following a 4–10 to 1–12 defeat of Wexford after a scare in the opening half.
In spite of this, Kilkenny laid to rest a bogey that Tipperary had over the team since 1922, and a 3–8 to 2–7 victory gave Bennett an All-Ireland medal.