In the early years of the 20th Century, interest in the game of rugby started to spread to the townsfolk of the Royal Town and in 1921 a group of young sportsmen formed a team to take on similar minded men from Stourbridge and the Sutton Coldfield Rugby Football Club was born.

Records show that the 'Sutton club' was formed in late 1921 and after an initial period of training and learning the new game, the enthusiastic young men of Sutton challenged Stourbridge to a formal contest in January 1922 and so the 1921/22 season saw SCRFC enter the Rugby Union as a competitive team against serious opposition. History also tells us that Stourbridge Rugby Club, originally formed in 1876, as a branch of Stourbridge Cricket Club, disbanded in 1893 reformed in 1921 in time to take on the fixture with Sutton Coldfield Rugby Football Club.

During their formative years through the 1920's the newly formed Sutton club appears to have had a somewhat nomadic existence playing in local parks and basing themselves at public houses for their social life. Received wisdom suggests that they used the Halfway House between Sutton and Mere Green as their base for a while in the late 20's but we know for certain that by the 1930's the club had established their Head Quarters at the Three Tun's Public House on the High Street. Evidence for the fact; a fixture card for the 1934/35 season courtesy of the redoubtable Denis Featherstone Dodd (1914 to 2007).

Denis joined the club when he left school in December 1931 and he played his first game for the 3rd XV in Jan 1932 gaining promotion into the 1st XV during 1934/35 before moving to London as a qualified Chartered Accountant in 1938/39. He was then drafted into the war effort. Unfortunately, during the retreat from Dunkirk in 1940, Denis was injured and separated from his unit, later he was reported missing in action. Presumed dead, his rugby friends back home joined his family in mourning his loss, so imagine their surprise when at the inaugural meeting in 1946, marking the reformation of the rugby club after the war, in walked the 'dearly departed' Denis F. Dodds, large as life. He had survived the retreat but not realising he had been reported dead, never thought to tell anyone he was very much alive! He went on to serve the club as player, chairman and benefactor. Finally attending home games as a supporter, accompanied by his loving daughter, Lindsay, showing his love and support for the club he joined from school in 1931 and supported well into his advanced years until his death in 2007; A man Sutton Rugby Club can be and is truly proud of. The committee room still carries his name to this day.

It is notable that in spite of having no rugby playing schools in the local area feeding new players, within a decade Sutton had built up a formidable reputation and a strong fixture list including opposition such as; Wolverhampton, Evesham and Loughborough plus local sides like Kings Norton and Aston Old Ed's, and on a good day the 1st XV were able to field four county players of their time; namely, Alex Esstemont, Ernest Ollis, Iris Charles and John Embleton.

From their inception in1921, Sutton drew a steady stream of talented rugby players to the club as they gradually strengthened their fixture list and produced performances, which not only entertained locals but also attracted County Standard players to their ranks and they progressed steadily through the 20's and 30's running up to 3 teams on a weekly basis before the impact of the war took its toll in 1939.

Sutton restarted after the war and from the inaugural meeting in 1946 once again started to rebuild its player base.