‘‘Some guys need to be rested and others need to play rugby and we need that balance, but they’re all in a positive frame of mind.

‘‘I have something roughly worked out for the first two games but I don’t know yet what my Test side will be.

‘‘That will be worked out on the tour, so the first two games are important although I shall be resting one or two. I am looking for form on tour so the team is wide open.

‘‘So far we have made a lot of positive progress and our team building has been positive.

‘‘We are very much in the apprenticeship after only three days and are at primary school when we have to get to doctorate level.’’

Lawrence Dallaglio will take his place on the tour Down Under and may be fit to play sooner than expected.

The former England captain has given Lions’ bosses a boost over the last three days by showing he is making better progress than expected on the knee ligament injury he suffered playing for his club Wasps on May 6.

Lions’ team manager Donal Lenihan said: ‘‘Lawrence has done everything we have asked of him so far.

‘‘We shall assess his fitness before we leave at the end of the week, but the medical staff are very positive.

‘‘We shall give him all the time we can to prove his fitness but the medical opinion is that he should be available to play in two to three weeks. A player of his quality will be given that time.’’

Three players missed training on Sunday because of injuries sustained in the last few days, but none of them appear to be seriously injured.

Mike Catt (back), Danny Grewcock (ankle) and Dai Young (calf) all missed training as a precaution.

The other injury worry is Iain Balshaw with a shoulder problem, but he took part in the training session.

The one minor scare came when Scott Quinnell suffered a bang on the jaw and will miss training on Monday as a precaution.

Lenihan added that the early sessions had been all about merging the four nations into one united tour party and also giving them a crash course in organisation on the rugby field.

But he felt that huge progress had been made in a short space of time.

Henry also revealed an unusual method of bonding he had adopted for his party.

Every player and member of the management staff had been given a percussion musical instrument and had formed a samba band.

Henry explained: ‘‘We have been involved in music and built a band using all different kinds of instruments.

‘‘Every single member of the party was given an instrument and told to go away for an hour and practice.

‘‘Then we all came back and performed for half an hour as a 50-piece samba band in the courtyard.’’

Henry himself was Mr Tambourine Man, Dallaglio was on the bells while other instruments included drums and maracas which were taken by Martin Johnson.