▁the ▁King ▁Country ▁Union ▁( aff ili ated ▁to ▁South ▁A uck land ) ▁had ▁applied ▁for ▁affili ation ▁as ▁the ▁Main ▁Tr unk ▁Union . ▁However , ▁this ▁was ▁decl ined ▁after ▁the ▁Wang an ui ▁Rugby ▁Union ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁their ▁country ▁players . ▁ ▁In ▁those ▁early ▁years ▁King ▁Country ▁representative ▁games ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁Te ▁K uit i , ▁Ta umar un ui ▁and ▁Ra eti hi ▁or ▁Oh ak une . ▁O tor oh anga ▁was ▁first ▁used ▁for ▁a ▁representative ▁game ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁with ▁representative ▁games ▁also ▁being ▁hosted ▁in ▁Tok a anu ▁( 1 9 6 6 ) ▁and ▁Tur ang i ▁( 1 9 6 7 ). ▁ ▁King ▁Country ▁played ▁in ▁light ▁blue ▁and ▁green ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁when ▁it ▁switched ▁to ▁mar oon ▁and ▁gold ▁ho ops . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁a ▁mar oon ▁j er sey ▁with ▁gold ▁col lar ▁and ▁cu ff s ▁was ▁adopted . ▁The ▁current ▁strip ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁King ▁Country ▁has ▁made ▁ 1 9 ▁challeng es ▁for ▁the ▁Ran fur ly ▁Sh ield ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁without ▁success ▁but ▁having ▁come ▁close ▁at ▁times , ▁going ▁down ▁to ▁Tar an aki ▁in ▁a ▁hard ▁fought ▁game ▁ 1 1 - 1 5 ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁they ▁came ▁even ▁closer ▁when ▁good ▁m ates ▁Col