Jason Ryles has 70,000 reasons to be happy with the media storm around Parramatta's clash against Lachlan Galvin, the teenage star who rejected the Eels.

Canterbury's highly prized mid-season signing will on Monday start from the bench and make a poetic club debut against the other team that courted him amid his split from Wests Tigers.

Galvin's protracted exit from the Tigers has dominated headlines this NRL season, and his first game since is a chance to attract Australian rugby league's largest regular-season crowd.

The NRL has already broken that record once this year, with the Bulldogs beating South Sydney before 65,305 punters on Good Friday.

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But Bulldogs officials are expecting as many as 70,000 could turn out to Accor Stadium on the King's Birthday.

Ryles said l

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