Banahan has six tries in seven starts for Bath this term

Banahan, 20, crossed for a hat-trick in the 41-10 win against Leeds in front of watching England boss Brian Ashton.

Meehan told BBC Radio Bristol: "He keeps developing. That's a good thing for Bath, and potentially England."

Banahan said: "I'm looking to expand my game and push it a bit further and I've shown I can step up another level."

Interview: Bath wing Matt Banahan

The 6'7" winger has yet to speak to Ashton, who signed the then lock from London Irish when he was Bath coach.

Ashton also helped develop the player's skills at the National Academy, when England's present forward coach John Wells also passed on some expert advice.

"Brian was an inspiration when I first started," said Banahan.

"He bought me to Bath and helped me in the Junior National Academy showing me what I could do, and John as well with my physical skills in the breakdown.

There's a couple of aspects of his defensive play that we still need to work on Steve Meehan on Banahan

"I haven't spoken to them. Hopefully I might get to speak to them sooner or later even if it's not to get selected but just to show what I need to do to take that step up.

"Now it's about consistency and I've got to keep pushing up."

But Meehan did add a word of caution when reflecting on Banahan's frailties in defence despite his obvious attacking prowess.

"When he made contact he made it count, but there's a couple of aspects of his defensive play that we still need to work on," said the Australian.

"That's a result of him being a young man in that position. It's only 18 months playing on the wing so he's just going to keep developing."