The visitors prospered following some wayward defence and kicking from Saints in the early stages, and, after Kyle Feldt’s clearance from a high kick fell into his path, Lewis made no mistake in crashing over to edge the Robins in front.
Lewis, who has scored tries in his past five consecutive meetings with St Helens, could not add the extras as he scuffed his kick and hit the post – and there was more bad luck for the reigning Man of Steel soon after.
Hull KR continued to threaten and after Gildart put in a sensational last-ditch offload towards him, Lewis could not keep hold of his quickfire pass and dropped the ball to miss out on what would have been a certain second try.
Saints worked their way into the game and were rewarded off the back of Jack Welsby’s sensational weighted grubber kick into the path of Sironen, who crossed with ease.
The hosts’ slim lead did not last long as Davies’ acrobatic finish, which came courtesy of some great work from full-back Jack Broadbent in the lead-up, sent them in at the break with a four-point cushion after Lewis curled in the conversion.
There was a blow for Hull KR after a thrilling first half, however, as Dean Hadley failed a head injury assessment having come off the field after 25 minutes.
Gildart gave Hull KR a commanding lead in the second half with two tries, both coming in combination with Joe Burgess. First, when Burgess collected Lewis’ kick to tee the centre up in the corner, and then again soon after with a swift race down the left wing as he sent him through having torn Saints’ defence wide open.
A bruising second half continued and Saints clawed down the deficit when Welsby crossed for a third try in three games, but Percival missed the kick that followed and Rovers held out to register back-to-back wins at St Helens for the first time in the post-war era.
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