This is what is so frustrating about footy media. Why can't people literally paid to do this shit, actually do the ****ing google to prove their claim or not?A very quick cursory check of the incredibly difficult to find information source Wikipedia shows you that the following 21st century grand finalists trailed at QT before getting a result:
That makes it 8/25 (accounting for the replay) who have trailed at QT before getting a result (including St. Kilda getting a draw).
- Brisbane in 2002
- Hawthorn in 2008
- Geelong in 2009 (a game Montagna literally played in)
- St. Kilda in 2010 draw (a game Montagna literally played in)
- Sydney in 2012 (as has been extensively covered)
- Richmond in 2017
- West Coast in 2018 (the allegedly one side to get a result after trailing at QT)
- Richmond in 2020
tl;dr - Montagna talking out his arse.
For the record, only the Swans in 2012 and the Eagles in 2018 trailed by any significant margin (19 and 17 points respectively). The rest mostly trailed by under a goal.