Back reference across range

To fold a closing brace at the same indentation level as its opening "sub {", this doesn't work, because of the back reference:

:g/\v^(\s+)sub \{/,/\v\1\}/fold

This is just an example, I could be matching "foo" and "bar", I'm just wondering if there is a way to use a back reference across a range.

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