Ewen McKenzie, recently sacked by French Top 14 club Stade Francais, on Monday slammed his former employers and accused them of prioritising the recruitment of good-looking players for the club calendar.

- Stade Francais is the best team in the world in terms of marketing - the Australian told sport daily L'Equipe.

- It's an international brand. But on the level of their sporting approach some things are shocking. Paris are verging on amateurism.-

He went on to accuse club president Max Guazzini of - only seeing two things - his calendar and the (team's home ground) Stade de France. -

The popular Stade Francais calendar 'Dieux du Stade' (Gods of the Stadium), features nude and semi-nude photographs of team members.

- He has a marketing outlook which is not always in the best interests of sport - said McKenzie.

- For example, Max could recruit one player over another just because he has a better look for the calendar.

- I had players in my squad who I never chose. Others were requested to leave the club because they didn't want to pose for the calendar any more.

- I had certain players forced on me who, for me, shouldn't have been in a team targetting the Top 14 title. -

Guazzini reacted later with disdain to McKenzie's remarks.

- He has found a job in Australia, and it is imperative for him to justify the reasons why Stade Francais, which is a well known club in Australia, sacked him and all he comes up with are derogatory remarks - he told French radio station RMC.

- From A to Z, everything he said was rubbish.

- Professionally speaking, ask the players, he didn't work, he did absolutely nothing.

- In terms of recruitment, we did exactly what he asked of us.-

Former New South Wales Warratahs coach McKenzie was recruited in mid-2008 after the departure of Fabien Galthie. He was sacked on September 8 after the club endured a disastrous start to the season.

He has since been recruited by Queensland Reds for three Super 14 seasons.