AFL trade period live: Catch up on all Wednesday's deals and whispers

North Melbourne has battled to lure a star target but the Roos' fortunes could change on the last day of 2020 trades. Catch up on all Wednesday's deals and whispers with one day until deadline.

North Melbourne’s decision to trade matchwinner Shaun Higgins was justified by a quality trade haul as the Roos attempt to lure Rising Star Jaidyn Stephenson to Arden St.

The Roos will emerge from Thursday's trade deadline with the quality draft hand they were so desperate to amass, having traded Higgins to Geelong for pick 30.

Higgins was contracted and one of the club’s most accomplished players, but securing such a quality pick will allow the Roos to find a potential 150-gamer in return.

As the Herald Sun revealed last month, Higgins will get back his family home in Geelong as he and his partner prepare to welcome twins in coming months.

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The Roos are considering an official Melbourne trade package for Ben Brown that could see them secure the No.26 draft selection.

The Demons will hand Brown a four-year deal and while the trade would involve a range of pick swaps, it is likely to involve an early selection. Melbourne has picks 26, 31 and 33 so has ample trade fodder to get that deal done.

If the Roos acquired pick 26 it would leave them with a draft hand of 2, 11, 26, 28 and 30, with the club also open to trading its No.2 overall selection for multiple top-12 picks.

But the Stephenson interest is the most intriguing for the Kangaroos, who have in recent years failed to secure a host of big-name targets.

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The 2018 Rising Star winner is seriously considering the overture from the Roos, well aware of their fleet of talented youngsters including Nick Larkey, Cam Zurhaar, Tarryn Thomas, Jy Simpkin, Luke Davies-Uniacke.

It would be a feather in the cap of the club’s list management team in Scott Clayton and Glenn Luff to drag him from Collingwood without the Roos having a senior coach.

The two parties would have to haggle over whether the Pies paid some of Stephenson’s $550,000-plus deal that runs to 2023.

Meanwhile, Richmond midfielder Jack Higgins is expected to be traded to St Kilda as the clubs haggle over a better trade return for the Tigers than a future second-round pick.

There is now enough common ground that the expectation is Higgins will be a St Kilda player by the close of business on Thursday.

Richmond believes he has a bright future if he stays at Punt Rd but is not in the business of keeping players against their wishes.

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Originally published as AFL trade period live: Catch up on all Wednesday's deals and whispers