In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.
Q: Newport Gwent Dragons captain Lee Byrne was forced to retire in April 2015 after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. It was announced in July 2015 that Welsh international T. Rhys Thomas would captain the side for the 2015--16 season. Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones missed the start of the season while playing for Wales at the World Cup. In _his_ absence, the side was captained by Lloyd Ashley. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: Alun Wyn Jones <sep>, B: Lloyd Ashley
A:
A