Salford’s problems were evident as they were forced to add Jamie Pye to the bench at the last moment, which meant they were restricted to seven interchanges rather than the usual eight, as he had not been named in the original matchday squad.
Rovers scored after just 65 seconds through Davies despite Salford receiving from the kick-off, and when Lewis sent in both Jack Broadbent and Sauaso Sue inside the opening 10 minutes the writing was already on the wall for Paul Rowley’s side, who were also missing players through injury.
They managed to ruffle the leaders’ feathers as Justin Sangare powered over for a surprise try, and Tyrone May was sin-binned for dissent.
But it made no difference as Lewis kicked for Burgess to score, and sent both Martin and Jez Litten over with passes before another magical kick in another lethal combination with Burgess down the left flank.
Lewis was soon at it again after the break, lobbing the ball over the top for Burgess once again, with Martin’s conversion, after he took over from the misfiring Arthur Mourgue, taking him to the 1,000-point mark in the competition.
Yet another Lewis kick brought Burgess his fourth of the match and the reigning Man of Steel claimed a try of his own from Peta Hiku’s pass before teeing up Mourgue as the Robins maintained a point-a-minute ratio.
Davies had opened the scoring but then had to watch as his opposite winger grabbed the glory, but he got back in on the act before Salford grabbed another consolation, with 20-year-old Charlie Glover getting his first Super League try.
Martin and Litten rounded off the scoring as the Robins equalled their biggest Super League winning margin of 62, which had only been set in the 68-6 win against Catalans Dragons in June.
