Walter Smale "Watty" Friend (19 September 1898 – 20 February 1983) was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative lock forward in the 1920s.
Ten of his New South Wales state appearances have since been decreed as Test matches by the Australian Rugby Union and Friend, who led the side in three such matches in 1923, was therefore a captain of the Australian national team.
[1] With no Queensland Rugby Union administration or competition in place from 1919 to 1929, the New South Wales Waratahs were the top Australian representative rugby union side of the period and a number of their 1920s fixtures played against full international opposition were decreed in 1986 as official Test matches.
In 1923 New Zealand Māori rugby union team visited and Friend was honoured with the captaincy of New South Wales in a three match series in which the Waratahs were undefeated.
Friend, claimed a total of ten international rugby caps for Australia all of them played at home in Sydney.