Recent work has shown that those rare individuals who refused execution squad duty were not punished.
Ahead of what was the opening game of the group, Williams lost Crystal Palace midfielder Jonathan Williams from his squad after the 19-year-old was called up to for senior squad duty in Scotland.
It certainly finished that way when Balotelli produced another example of his trademarked nonchalance when given firing-squad duties.
Ninety-year-olds now talk of "seeing villages burned" or of how they escaped firing-squad duty.
(NYT) MANHATTAN: POTHOLE SQUAD ON DUTY The City Department of Transportation has organized a full-time construction crew to fill tens of thousands of potholes before winter sets in.
The Leeds centre or second-rower Carl Ablett is the other addition to the squad on duty for last Saturday's quarter-final victory over France, with the Wigan hooker Michael McIlorum the other player to make way.
Twelve of the 17-man squad on duty against Saints had been brought through the club's junior ranks, a figure that dropped to 11 at Hull KR on Monday when the big Welsh prop Gil Dudson returned from injury in place of Crosby.
Four players will be cut from the rest of Wales' 38-man squad for duty down under after the game.
Four players will be cut from Wales' 38-man squad for duty down under after the Barbarians clash.
