Ten inter-county teams will be free to resume collective training on Saturday week, November 15.

Under the GAA's staggered roster system, the eight football and two hurling teams that exited the championship in June can commence their preparations for 2015 in less than a fortnight's time.

By contrast, the All-Ireland hurling and football finalists (Kilkenny, Tipperary, Kerry and Donegal) are permitted from returning to training until December 29, which follows the mandatory closed period for games and collective training from December 21 to 28 inclusive.

Leinster football champions Dublin have been given permission to return to training early in order to prepare for their November 15 match against an Ulster selection at Ravenhill to raise funds and awareness of motor neuron disease.

U21 football teams can start collective training on January 1, while it's February 1 for minor hurling and football teams. U21 hurling teams must wait until after the completion of the Fitzgibbon Cup.

The staggered roster for counties is as follows:

November 15 (teams knocked out in June) - London, Fermanagh, Derry, Offaly, Louth, Westmeath, Waterford, Leitrim (football); Antrim, Laois (hurling)

December 1 (teams knocked out in July) - Antrim, Longford, Wicklow, Wexford, Cavan, Down, Carlow, Tyrone, Limerick, Laois, Roscommon, Clare, Sligo, Tipperary (football); Clare, Offaly, Waterford, Wexford, Dublin (hurling).

December 8 (teams knocked out in August) - Meath, Kildare, Galway, Cork, Armagh, Monaghan, Mayo, Dublin (football); Cork, Limerick (hurling).

December 29 - Donegal, Kerry (football); Kilkenny, Tipperary (hurling).

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