NEWPORT County AFC striker Tom Meechan has joined National League South play-off hopefuls Hungerford Town on loan.

Meechan spent the first half of the season on loan with Hungerford's league rivals Weston-super-Mare.

The striker joined the Exiles in February 2016 from Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division side St Neots Town and made his Football League debut against Accrington Stanley last March.

Prior to signing for the Saints, for whom he scored 25 goals in 39 games in 2015/16, the 26-year-old was with St Ives Town and Godmanchester Rovers.