Yes you can because the conversation is around home ground advantage.Can't really use the stats from the 90s as the competition was only semi-professional back then.
Of the interstate sides that actually lost in the last 10-15 years, only Sydney (2014, 2016) and possibly Adelaide in 2017 can claim they were the better side. Even that, Hawthorn in 2012 were better than Sydney yet still lost so that's even. Bulldogs in 2016 wouldn't have won if they weren't given what is the single worst umpiring advantage ever seen in a final to complete a story. Dogs have been junk since. Adelaide have shown since 2017 that they were too mentally weak to win the premiership anyway while Richmond went on to win another premiership. Not surprising that Richmond beat Adelaide.
Context is very important.