Sunderland 1 Doncaster Rovers 2 RECAP: Story of the day after Reo Griffiths and Tommy Rowe goals on Jermain Defoe's return

The Black Cats fell a goal down when Reo Griffiths opened the scoring with a low shot in the 22nd minute.

Doncaster then doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time after Sunderland failed to clear a corner and Tommy Rowe fired home a second.

Sunderland did create better chances after the break, and brought on Jermain Defoe with just under 20 minutes to go.

Corry Evans pulled a late goal back but it was too little too late.

Here’s how the game played out:

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