The Sweeney displaying "1979". In "Sweeney 2" (1978), George and Jack eventually find themselves going to the island of Malta in order to track down a group of particularly violent armed robbers who have been committing bank and payroll robberies all over London and kill anybody that gets in their way, even members of their own gang, Jack & George were assigned the case by their recently convicted chief inspector as his last order, as he is about to be charged with corruption. In "The Sweeney" (2012) the setting moved to the present day, with Regan being played by Ray Winstone, Carter
Jack Regan instead to Carlton's Stephen Silvagni, to the bewilderment of many in the Australian football community. In 1997, when the Collingwood Team of the Century was announced, Regan was named at full-back. In 2004, at the launch of the Collingwood Hall of Fame, Regan was one of 18 inducted players. The Collingwood player who finishes fifth in the club's best-and-fairest count is awarded the Jack Regan Trophy. Jack Regan John Vincent Regan (12 September 1912 in Northcote, Victoria – 11 August 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.